Clipboard

The clipboard, also known as pasteboard, is a special location in your computer's memory that temporarily stores cut or copied data from a document. Once, something is stored in the clipboard, it can then be pasted to a new location. The clipboard holds its information until you cut or copy something else, or log out of the computer. For example, a user may copy information from a word processor and paste that information into an e-mail message.

How to copy or move information to the clipboard

To copy information from a program to the clipboard, use the copy feature. For example, you could highlight the text, image, or another object you want to copy and once highlighted, right-click it and choose the option to copy. Alternatively, you could use the copy keyboard shortcut Ctrl+C on the PC and Chromebook or ⌘+C on a Mac.

To move text or another object from a program to the clipboard, use the cut feature. For example, you could highlight the text, image, or another object you want to cut and once highlighted, right-click it and choose the option to cut. Alternatively, you could use the cut keyboard shortcut Ctrl+X on the PC and Chromebook or ⌘+X on a Mac.

Copying information from the clipboard to another program?

After completing the above steps to copy or move information into the clipboard, it can be placed into any program by using the paste feature. For example, you could move to where you want to paste text, picture, or another object and right-click on a blank area and choose the option to paste. Alternatively, you could use the paste keyboard shortcut Ctrl+V on the PC and Chromebook or ⌘+V on a Mac.

How do I open the clipboard?

Many operating systems include "clipboard viewers" that display what information is currently being stored in the clipboard. These utilities may also be used to configure the clipboard with permissions or view the clipboard's history. Below are the steps on how to view the clipboard in each of the versions of Windows.

Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10 users

Unfortunately, Microsoft has decided to no longer include any clipboard viewer in Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10. To view the contents of the clipboard, you need to download a third-party utility or app.

Note

The command line clip command still works. See the command line section for

further information.

Windows 2000 and XP users

Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP users may find it difficult to locate the clipboard because it was renamed to the Clipbook viewer. It can be located by opening Windows Explorer, then the "Winnt" or "Windows" folder, then the "System32" folder. Find and double click the clipbrd.exe file.

Users can also click Start, Run, type clipbrd, and press Enter to execute this program.

Windows 9x, ME, and NT users

Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and ME come installed with a clipboard viewer that can be run by clicking Start, Programs, System Tools, and clicking Clipboard Viewer. The clipboard viewer is also executable through the clipbrd.exe file in the Windows directory.

Windows command line

There are no included Windows command line commands that allow you to view the contents of the clipboard. However, the clip command allows you to redirect output from a Windows command line command to the Windows clipboard. See the clip command page for further information and examples on this command

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